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Patent GB-2451040-A (GB)
Title: Vending machine
Inventor: MUCKIAN PATRICK GERARD
IPC: G07F5/26
Filed: 2008-11-06
Abstract: A vending machine (10) for dispensing individual portions of a frangible food product, such as eggs, has a housing (11) in which a plurality of lockable compartments (13) is arranged. A coin input mechanism (17) and an LCD screen (23) are mounted in a panel (16) on the front section (12) of the housing (11). When money is inserted into the machine (10), in use, a programmable logic controller (not shown) unlocks the next compartment (13), containing a portion of food product. The next time money is inserted in the machine (10) the next compartment (13), in a pre-set sequence, is unlocked. When only a few compartments (13), containing food, remain, the programmable logic controller (not shown) sends a text message to the owner alerting him to the situation.
Patent GB-2451791-A (GB)
Title: Seal cavity protection
Inventor: RODDIS ALAN JAMES
IPC: F04D29/10
Filed: 2007-05-08
Abstract: A seal cavity throat bushing for use with rotating fluid equipment having a seal cavity (5) which is defined by a rotary shaft, a housing (3) and a sealing device (7) at one end of the cavity. The bushing comprises an annular element (15) which is adapted for a tight fit in the housing at the entrance of the cavity, the element having a radially outer cylindrical surface, a radially inner cylindrical surface having a diameter greater than that of the shaft, a first annular surface (20) at the cavity entrance, a second annular surface (21) at the cavity exit and a third annular surface (22) longitudinally positioned between the first and second annular surfaces and provided with at least one vane (23) which extends from a radially outer position to a radially inner position and which slopes from the third annular surface, inwardly, towards the entrance of the cavity and the first annular surface.
Patent GB-2459035-A (GB)
Title: Gas turbine utilising low calorific value gas
Inventor: ARTT DAVID WILLIAM
IPC: F02C7/22
Filed: 2009-04-08
Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the operation of a gas turbine engine 4 to enable the engine to utilise low calorific value gas, such as low quality landfill methane gas. The apparatus comprising a gas compressor 2 for compressing gas to be combusted in the combustion chamber of the engine, means for supplying a low calorific value gas, preferably via a valve 5, to an input of said compressor 4, preferably a turbine, and means for mixing a non-combustible gas, such as air, via supply line 6 and valve 8, with said low calorific-value gas. The power output of the engine is controlled by mixing more or less air with the gas while maintaining a substantially constant flow rate of gas through the compressor, to avoid potentially damage fluctuations in the speed of the compressor. Preferably the non-combustible gas is supplied from a pressurized source such as a pump, fan, pressurized reservoir etc.
Patent GB-2461636-A (GB)
Title: Protective devices for use in packaging
Inventor: BAKER CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL
IPC: B65D81/02
Filed: 2009-07-07
Abstract: The packaging comprising a number of cushions 14 of non-porous plastics material containing resiliently deformable members and connected together to enable an item to be protected to be embraced between the cushions, the connection between the cushions allowing movement of air between the cushions, and a valve in the outer face of one of the cushions, to enable air to be extracted and cause the resiliently deformable members to form rigid state. The resiliently deformable members may be beads and may be pre-packaged in permeable flexible enclosures, and a stiffening fascia board may be provided. A method of producing such a device is also provided including feeding a folded sheet and cross welding the sheet.
Patent GB-2458614-A (GB)
Title: Method and system for remotely administering a diuretic therapy
Inventor: DUCKERT DAVID WAYNE
IPC: G16H70/60
Filed: 2008-01-16
Abstract: A diuretic titration system is disclosed herein. The diuretic titration system includes a server having an algorithm, a communication device operatively connected to the server, and a monitoring device operatively connected to the server. The algorithm is configured to evaluate input from the communication device and/or the monitoring device in order to provide a diuretic dosage recommendation for a remotely located patient. A corresponding method for monitoring and regulating the dosage of a diuretic medication administered to a remotely located patient is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2473244-A (GB)
Title: Load-bearing insulated modular frame foundation.
Inventor: LINDO KEITH ANTONY
IPC: E02D27/02
Filed: 2009-09-04
Abstract: A load-bearing, modular construction, insulated frame structure capable of providing a foundation for a building, in use, rests on the surface of the ground and is preferably made from interlocking frame elements of expanded polystyrene or similar load-bearing plastics material. Corner edge pieces 6 of the frame may have a leg portion 12 angled at between 60-90 degrees relative to a foot portion 10. A method of constructing a foundation of a building is also disclosed, comprising pouring reinforced concrete between boundaries of a modular frame located on the ground surface.
Patent GB-2474880-A (GB)
Title: Press Line operating method,press forming device and adaptor for press forming device
Inventor: LAMIN BEN
IPC: B21D24/02
Filed: 2009-10-30
Abstract: The present invention provides a press line operating method, a press-forming device and an adaptor for a press-forming device that can provide a variety of types of pressing and increased versatility. Pressing is performed in steps of: press-forming a first work by means of a first stationary die 13 and a first movable die 15, by vertically moving a slider 14 in a state in which the first stationary die 13 is mounted on a cushion pin 12 that is made to project from a bolster 11; and press-forming a second work and a third work using a second stationary die 19 and a second movable die 21, and a third stationary die 20 and the third movable die 22, by vertically moving the slider 14 in a state in which the cushion pin 12 is lowered to a position not projecting from the bolster 11, a detachable cushioning mechanism (the adaptor 18 for press-forming device) is mounted on a portion of the bolster 11, and a second stationary die 19 is mounted on the cushioning mechanism, and a third stationary die 20 is mounted on a portion of the bolster 11 in which the cushioning mechanism (namely the adaptor 18) is not mounted.
Patent GB-2462549-A (GB)
Title: Optical fiber with tin doped core-cladding interface
Inventor: HOMA DANIEL S
IPC: C03C13/04
Filed: 2008-05-15
Abstract: The present invention concerns an optical fiber 10 comprising a substantially pure silica glass core 12, a concentric tin-doped core/cladding interface region 14, and a concentric fluorine-doped depressed cladding layer 16. The tin-doped core/cladding interface region 14 comprises a low concentration gradient of tin dioxide, which advantageously results in a de minimis refractive index change, resistance to hydrogen incursion, and thermal stability of any fiber Bragg gratings written into the interface region 14.
Patent GB-954182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to printing and punching machines
IPC: B26F1/00
Filed: 1963-03-13
Abstract: 954,182. Selective punching. DENNISON MANUFACTURING CO. Ltd. March 13, 1963 [March 21, 1962], No. 10023/63. Heading B4B. [Also in Division B6] A printing and punching ma chine comprises a bed 10, Fig. 2, having a die 47 and a bar platen 49, and supporting a ticket T located by pins 34, 35, Fig. 3, for printing and punching and a plurality of groups of punching pins 37 located between upper and lower retainer plates 38 and 39, respectively, for reciprocation by a head 23 between a punching and retracted position. The head is provided with grooves overlying each group of five punching pins for supporting a plurality of re placeable key members 60, to establish an interconnection between the head and selected punches of the respective groups determined by the key members. The key members are each provided with an upper horizontal portion 60b, which is notched so as to clear a predetermined three of the punching pins of a group and operate the other two punching pins and a lever horizontal portion 60c, which carries a downwardly facing type character 61. corresponding to the punching code effected by the two punching pins operated by the key member. Each key member is retained in the grooves of head 23, against accidental displacement by a spring-urged detent 66 engaging shoulders 67 of the key member. With the ticket T and a selected number of key members 60, Fig. 3, in position the head 23, which is articulated to a link 20, movable vertically in slots 13, 14 is displaced downwardly by operation of a lever 30, whereupon each key member actuates two of the respective punching pins and contacts the bar platen 49 to effect simultaneous punching and printing impression on the ticket. The punching pins are restored to their retracted position by a pin lifter plate 45 secured to the link 20, Fig. 3. Specification 806,358 is referred to.
Patent GB-689967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to fluorescent lamps
IPC: C09K11/68
Filed: 1949-04-13
Abstract: 689,967. Electron discharge lamps. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. (General Electric Co.). April 13, 1949, No. 10038/49. Class 39(i). A fluorescent discharge lamp comprises a sealed envelope having an internal coating of inorganic fluorescent material containing a small amount of free arsenic oxide which has been added after the fluorescent material has been applied to the envelope in order to improve its light output. After applying the fluorescent material and heating to burn out the binder, the coated surface is flushed with a dilute aqueous solution of arsenic oxide, followed by drying. Preferabrly 5 to 10 mg. of As 2  O 3  is added in a 40 watt lamp having an envelope of 1¢ inches diameter and 4 feet length, equivalent to roughly “ to ¢ per cent by weight of the luminescent material coating. In examples mentioned 6 to 8 mg. of arsenic oxide were used in lamps having a fluorescent coating of zinc beryllium silicate mixed with magnesium tungstate. Lamps used have a filling of argon at a pressure of 2-5 mm. with mercury vapour at about 10 microns pressure. Specification 637,539 and U.S.A. Specification 2,206,280 are referred to.
Patent GB-1188736-A (GB)
Title: Method for Manufacturing Macroporous Polymers
Inventor: CHROMECEK RICHARD
IPC: C08F2/06
Filed: 1968-03-01
Abstract: 1,188,736. Porous polymers. CESKOSLOVENSKA AKADEMIE VED. 1 March, 1968, No. 10038/68. Heading C3P. Porous copolymers are obtained by copolymerizing a hydrophilic monomer which is a mono-acrylate or methacrylate of a hydrophilic polyol with a cross-linking agent soluble in the monomer mixture in the presence of an initiator and an inert liquid which dissolves the monomers but does not dissolve or swell the copolymer formed. The copolymer is formed in the presence of the inert liquid alone or in aqueous suspension e.g. using magnesium hydroxide as suspending agent. Specific ester monomers are acrylates and methacrylates of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, glycerol, mannitol or pentaerythritol and preferred cross-linking agents are diacrylate or methacrylate esters of glycol or polyglycols. Other monomers may be included containing ionic groups, e.g. (meth)acrylic acid, maleic anhydride, itaconic acid, ester or salt of ethylene sulphonic acid, styrene sulphonic acid, or dimethylacrylamide which may subsequently be reduced and quaternized. A small amount of a swelling agent for the copolymer may also be added. In the examples benzoyl peroxide or diisopropyl peroxydicarbonate is used as initiator. The products are particularly useful as chromatographic sorbents and for this purpose polymerization may be effected in situ in a tube. The products may also be after-treated; hydrochloric acid or thionyl chloride replaces the hydroxyl groups with chlorine and the chloro-polymers may be further treated with amines, cyanides (followed by hydrolysis), sulphites or hydrosulphides.
Patent GB-733028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in magnetic workholders
Inventor: HITCHCOCK STANLEY ISAIAH
IPC: B23Q3/154
Filed: 1953-04-13
Abstract: 733,028. Magnetic work-holders. PROJECTS, Ltd., M. & E. April 6, 1954 [April 13, 1953], No. 10047/53. Addition to 680,848. Class 60. The magnetic work-holder of the parent Specification is modified in that the ends of the permanent magnet 7 are supported in diametrally positioned recesses 10 formed in two dicss 9 of non- magnetic material rotatably mounted in enlargements 11 of a boring 6 passing through the work-holder and in which the magnet is a loose fit. One of the discs 9, which may be of aluminium, is provided with a knob 12 while both discs are formed with a peripheral groove 13 for engagement with set screws 14 to prevent endwise movement of the magnet. One of the screws 14 may serve as a stop to limit the movement of the magnet to 90 degrees in which case one of the grooves 13 is either provided with a spaced pair of set screws or pins or, alternatively, extends only a quarter of the peripheral length of the disc. The block 1 or an end plate may be marked to give an indication of whether the magnet is in its operative or inoperative position. The boring 6 is well greased during assembly and the block 1 consists of mild steel laminations and spacing members 2 of aluminium or other non-magnetic material held together by bolts 3, 5 of non- magnetic steel. In an alternative construction, two magnets which may be geared together are mounted in each half of the block on opposite sides of a spacer 4.
Patent GB-467362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to refractory glasses
IPC: C03C3/085
Filed: 1936-04-06
Abstract: 467,362. Glass manufacture. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ltd. (Patent-Treuhand-Ges. f³r Elektrische Gl³hlampen) April 6, 1936, No. 10095. [Class 56] A refractory glass, which is free from boric acid, and alkalies, contains 80-98 per cent of silica, 2-12 per cent of alumina, and 0-8 per cent of an alkaline earth, and its softening temperature is not below 1000‹ C. The glass is intended particularly for forming the envelopes of high-pressure metal vapour electric discharge lamps. Specifications 18053/11 and 2176/13, [both in Class 56], and 463,889, are referred to.
Patent GB-1235602-A (GB)
Title: Ultra-sonic flowmeter
IPC: G01F1/66
Filed: 1969-02-25
Abstract: 1,235,602. Ultrasonic fluid-flow meters. REALISATIONS ULTRASONIQUES. 25 Feb., 1969 [26 Feb., 1968; 19 June, 1968], No. 10115/69. Heading H4D. In an ultrasonic fluid-flow meter at least one pair of transducers 1, 2 are utilized, their active faces are parallel and opposite, the transducers are energized to emit pulses simultaneously by generators 3, 4, and received pulses at the transducers are switched periodically and alternately 10, 11 to a circuit 7 which measures the time difference M between its inputs. In an embodiment a delay T is inserted by a device 8 and the time differences M 1  and M 2  corresponding to contacts 10, 11 in their lower and upper positions are such that (M 1 -M 2 ) = 2(t 2 -t 1 -T) where t 1 , t 2  are the moments of reception of pulses at transducers 1, 2 respectively, thereby obviating unknown time delays in the apparatus. A high, e.g. 1KMz pulse recurrence frequency and switching every two pulses by a scale-of-two counter 12, inhibits error due to possibly variable propagation times between the transducers between measurement of M 1  and that of M 2 . Circuit 7 may be a differential amplifier 18 associated with bistable circuits 19, 20 and an integrator 18a; the A.C. component of the output is applied to a synchronous detector 15 thereby affording an output of magnitude proportional to fluid flow speed v (0 being known) and its direction (to or from). In the second embodiment the pair of transducers 22, 23, Fig. 2, are excited in anti-phase from the secondary of a transformer 24 energized by a pulse generator 21 and the switching is effected by a four-diode circuit 36... 39. Each pulse is a train of damped oscillations and the sum of the received signals appears at wiper 26 for a selected position of which the input V to amplifier 27 is zero when the fluid speed is zero; input V is a function of v, Fig. 3 (not shown). A gate 28 eliminates any undesired residual signal at the output of amplifier 27. Coil 40 compensates for undesired phase shift by transformer 24: to adjust the zero of the apparatus the coil 40 is set for a zero voltage at the output of the synchronous detector when switch 35 is closed. The average value of the output of a peak detector 30 is utilized to control the gain of amplifier 27. Further pairs of transducers may be added with different spacings inter se, the different components of fluid movement, e.g. for studying swell, being measured, Fig. 4a (not shown). The embodiment described with reference to Fig. 2 may be modified by placing diodes 37... 39 between transformer 24 and transducers 22, 23, Fig. 5 (not shown). Each transducer may be associated with an acoustic prison mounted on the wall of a pipe carrying the fluid.
Patent GB-553371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in welding rods
IPC: B23K35/365
Filed: 1941-08-08
Abstract: 553,371. Fluxes. ELEKTRISKA SVETSNINGS-AKTIEBOLAGET. Aug. 8, 1941, No. 10121. Convention date, March 4, 1940. [Class 82 (ii)] [Also in Group XXII] A flux for coating a welding rod consists of quartz or silicates and may contain combustible substances or may consist of limestone, dolomite or magnesite, together with fluorspar and a binding agent of potassium or sodium water glass and if desired kaolin and silicates, iron and manganese ores, titanium dioxide &c. It may contain 20-42.5 per cent. of limestone, 15-25 per cent. of fluorspar, 16-45 per cent. of iron powder, 7.5-10 per cent. of ferro-silicon, 5-7.5 per cent. of kaolin together with 5 to 20 per cent. of water glass.
Patent GB-1056374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electroplating
IPC: C25D5/02
Filed: 1965-03-10
Abstract: A coating solution for protecting areas of low current density of a workpiece during electroplating comprises an inert organic solvent, e.g. an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent or chlorinated hydrocarbon solvent having a boiling point of 45-150 DEG  C.; a chlorinated naphthalene wax having a melting point of at least 100 DEG  C., e.g. having a melting point of 120-140 DEG  C. and a chlorine content of 55-65 wt. per cent and a microcrystalline wax having a melting point of at least 75 DEG  C., e.g. having a melting point of 75-90 DEG  C. and a needle penetration of 7-25; the wax being present in a proportion of at least 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of organic solvent, e.g. 100 parts by weight organic solvent may contain 2-20 parts by weight chlorinated naphthalene wax and 3-20 parts by weight microcrystalline wax.ALSO:A process for protecting low current density areas of a cathode having areas of high current density whereon metal plating is required, comprises applying to said predetermined areas of low current density a solution comprising an inert organic solvent, chlorinated naphthalene wax having a melting point of at least 100 DEG C., and a microcrystalline (e.g. waxes having an average molecular weight of about 490-800) wax having a melting point of at least 75 DEG C., and evaporating said solvent, thereby forming on said areas of low current density a wax film having a thickness of about 2.5-50 microns.  The metal subsequently deposited on the workpiece may be chromium.
Patent GB-328099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for dyeing yarn
IPC: D06B11/00
Filed: 1929-04-02
Abstract: 328,099. Levy, J. April 2, 1929. Applying liquids to parts only o f materials. -Apparatus for dyeing yarn locally, the parts not to be dyed being pressed between laths, comprises a preferably square rotary drum in a bath 1, the drum being composed of longitudinal laths 5 on which the yarn 6 is placed. Round this is wrapped a four-part hinged frame composed of similar laths 7 which is pressed on the yarn by parallel beams 15, 16 drawn together by screws 20 on pivoted links 17.
Patent GB-1248555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ring clamps
IPC: F16L3/137
Filed: 1970-03-03
Abstract: 1,248,555. Band-clamps. LEGRAND S.A. 3 March, 1970 [7 March, 1969], No. 10208/70. Heading E2B. [Also in Division A4] A releasable plastics band clamp, e.g. for securing a conduit on a wall, comprises a flexible band 15, the tail end of which carries a series of ratchet teeth 16A, 16B which engage corresponding teeth 25A, 25B at the head end of the strap, guides 18A, 18B and 23A, 23B, interfitting to prevent lateral disengagement of the teeth but which may be forcibly disengaged to release the clamp without damaging it. The base 10 may be screwed to a base. Additional teeth 27, 28 may also be used.
Patent GB-421027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to heat exchangers
IPC: F28D1/03
Filed: 1934-04-04
Abstract: 421,027. Plate heat - exchangers. O'DELL, A. E., 285, High Holborn, London.- (Aktieselskapet Per Kure Norsk Motor og Dynamofabrik ; 22, Universitetsgaten, Oslo, Norway) April 4, 1934, No. 10226. [Class 64 (iii)] A heat-exchanger is built of two corrugated sheets 1 welded together at the periphery and also at the contacting troughs 2. A reinforcing plate 6 is welded to the seams which are parallel to the corrugations, and also to the troughs of the corrugations. Transverse channels 7 are formed across the corrugations. The plate 6 may be corrugated within one or more of the channels 7, or it may be made in two parts with a gap between them.
Patent GB-309588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to plumbing telescopes
IPC: G02B27/34
Filed: 1929-04-02
Abstract: 309,588. Akt.-Ges. C. P. Goerz Optische Anstalt. April 14, 1928, [Convention date]. Artificial horizons. - Relates to sighting devices for use on aircraft &c. for determining the vertical direction, and comprising a liquid level of which the bubble is in the focal plane of the objective of a sighting telescope. According to the invention means are provided for illuminating the bubble to enable the instrument to be used at night. The level comprises lenses 1, 2 separated by a glass ring 3, the end faces of which are ground to the curvatures of the contacting surfaces of the lenses, and polished. The space enclosed by the members 1, 2, 3 contains the liquid and the bubble 4. The level is mounted in a sleeve 5 having a lateral extension 6 in which is an electric lamp 7 projecting light through the lenses and through the ring 3. A ring 8, in screw-threaded engagement with the sleeve 5, may be provided to press the lenses and ring 3 together. The entire level device is inserted through a lateral opening in the telescope 9. The lamp may be replaced by a ring of paper &c. coated with radio-active material and contained in a groove 7<1>.
Patent GB-331514-A (GB)
Title: Process for rolling railway track rails
IPC: B21B1/08
Filed: 1929-04-02
Abstract: 331,514. R÷tzel, C. Nov. 22, 1928, [Convention date]. Rolling flanged and profile bars. - In rolling rails and other profile bars a cast blank is used. so dimensioned as to exhibit smaller disproportion between the length and breadth of a given part of the cross-section, than between the length and breadth of the corresponding part in the finished rail &c. Thus, corresponding to the parts a, b, c of the finished rail, the blank is formed with parts a<1>, b<1>, c<1> in each of which the length and breadth are more proporionate.